Hanging clothes-rack.



No. 642,985. PatentedFeh, a, 1900.

L. e. HORTON.

HANGING CLOTHES RACK.

(Application filed July 22, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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LOUIS GRANT HORTON, OF BLOSSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANGING CLOTH ES-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,985, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed July 22, 1899. Serial No. 724,808. (No model.)

T (6 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs GRANT HORTON,

' of Blossburg, in the county of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Hanging Clothes-Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

One object of my invention is to provide a hanging clothes-rack which may be made entirely of metal and when set up will accommodate a number of plain pieces and also skirts, shirts, and other articles of apparel, the latternamed garments being suspended from the lower portion of the device in such manner as not to interfere with the articles hung above them.

A further object of the invention is to construct a hanging clothes-rack in such manner that the articles upon one tier will not interfere with the articles upon an upper or alower tier and whereby the device may be simply, durably, and economically made and its manipulation be readily comprehended by any person of ordinary intelligence.

Another obj ectof the invention is to so construct the device that it may be folded to lie close to the wall when not in actual use.

The invention consists in the novel con-' struction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,and poin ted out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the device set up for use. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device folded, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The body A of the device is in the form of a skeleton frame, comprising side members 10, a bottom member 11, and a top member 12, the top member 12 being usually so shaped as to include sides a, that incline upward toward the center, and a horizontal connecting upper section a, as is shown best in Fig. 2. The frame A is suspended usually through the medium of eyes 13, that are secured to the upper section a, and hooks 14 or other equivalent forms of hangers are located at the bottom of the said frame A, having preferably a pivotal or swivel connection with said frame,'and these hooks are adapted to support skirts, shirts, or equivalent articles of apparel. A bar 15 extends from the bottom to the top of the frame A at its center, and this bar 15 is adapted to carryasupporting-arm B, which likewise serves as a regulating device for rack bars or rods 0, to be hereinafter described.

The supporting-arm B is of angular construction, comprising an upper member I) and a lower member b, the said members being pivotally connected, respectively, to the upper and lower portions of the bar 15, usually within the frame A, as is also shown in Fig. 2. The lower member bof the supporting-arm B is provided with a series of lips 16, preferably struck outward from the material of which said supporting-arm is made. The supporting-arm may be carried to an engagement with a side of the frame A; but when the device is in position for use the supporting-arm B extends forwardly from the central portion of the frame, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3.

The rack bars or rods 0 above referred to are graduated in size, the uppermost rack bar or rod being of the greatest size, while the lowermost one is of the least size, so that when the device is not in use the said rack bars or rods may be folded one within the other and lie close to the wall or other support. Each rack bar or rod 0 comprises a front member 17, side members 18, and back members 19, that are parallel with the front member 17, the back members 19 being pivotally attached to the side members 10 of the main frame A.

When the device is not in use, the various parts are folded, as shown in Fig. 2, to lie flat and close to the wall; but when the device is required for use the rack bars or rods C are carried upward and the supporting-arm B is moved to the front, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and the various rack bars or rods are supported at their central portions by engagement with the lips 16 of the said supportingarm B, as shown in Fig. 3. Thus it will be observed that the rack bars or rods are arranged in graduated series and that an article suspended from one of the rack bars or rods will not in any wise interfere with an article suspended from another rack bar or rod, either above or below.

The device is preferably made entirely of metal, although any suitable material may be employed, and, it will be observed,is of exceedingly simple construction and may be quickly and conveniently manipulated and will effectually serve the purpose for which it is intended.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the frame, arms pivoted thereto about horizontal axes, and a rigid support pivoted to the center of the frame about a vertical axis, and provided with a series of devices for engaging said arms.

2. A hanging clothes-rack, comprising a frame, clothes-supporting rods or bars arranged in a graduated series and extending beyond the sides of the frame, having return rear members pivotally connected with the frame, hangers located at the lower portion of the frame, and an angular supporting-arm pivoted to the central portion of said frame, the lower member of said supporting-arm having outwardly-extending lips adapted to support the series of clothes-carrying rods or bars at points between their ends,as specified.

. LOUIS GRANT HORTON.

lVitnesses:

W. O. BABCOCK, CHAS. L. FELLOWS. 

